"Words are the life of knowledge; they set free, And bring forth truth by way of midwif'ry: The activ'st creatures of the teeming brain, The judges who the inward man arraign: Reason's chief engine and artillery To batter error, and make falsehood fly; The cannons of the mind, who sometimes bounce Nothing but war, then peace again pronounce."
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AphoristsDiplomats of the United KingdomSatirists from WalesLinguists from WalesEssayists from Wales
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Reported in Poetical Quotations (1829) p. 280
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James Howell
James Howell (c. 1594 – c. 1666) was a Welsh author, diplomat and scholar.
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