"No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none."
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Esther (1621), Sec. 1, Meditation 1.
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Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.
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