"The best mirror is an old friend."
"Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee."
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Source: George Herbert (1842). “The Temple: And the Country Parson”, p.81
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