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William De Britaine
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“Before you act, it's Prudence soberly to consider; for after Action you cannot recede without dishonour: Take the Advice of some Prudent Friend; for he who will be his own Councellour, shall be sure to have a Fool for his Client.”
William De Britaine first seen 1682 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Humane Prudence, or, The Art by which a Man May Raise Himself and Fortune to Grandeur (London: printed for John Lawrence, 1682) p. 57
“The Wages of Sin is Death; it's poor Wages that will not make a Man live; as Virtue is its own Reward, so Sin is its own Executioner.”
William De Britaine first seen 1726 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Human Prudence; or, The Art by which a Man May Raise Himself and His Fortune to Grandeur, 12th ed. (Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother, 1726) p. 73
“Phidias made the statue of Venus at Elis with one foot upon the shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous woman, which are to keep home and be silent.”
William De Britaine first seen 1726 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Human Prudence, 12th ed. (1726) p. 134. Referred to by Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, pt. 3, sec. 3, mem. 4, subs. 2