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The unlearned man knoweth not what it is to descend into himself and call himself to account; nor the pleasure of that most pleasant life which consists in our daily feeling ourselves become better.
The unlearned man knoweth not what it is to descend into himself and call himself to account; nor the pleasure of that most pleasant life which consists in our daily feeling ourselves become better.
Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Sir Walter Raleigh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sir Walter Raleigh. · page_460
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