"The best mirror is an old friend."
"Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy."
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Source: Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.107
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