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That action is not warrantable which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having succeeded, dares not present a thanksgiving.
That action is not warrantable which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having succeeded, dares not present a thanksgiving.
Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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- Francis Quarles
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- Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Quarles. · page_412
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