Sunday, December 26, 2010

Better in a Fair Than in a Wood Alone

If the mind be possessed with any lust or passion, a man had better be in a fair than in a wood alone. They may, like petty thieves, cheat us perhaps, and pick our pockets in the midst of company; but like robbers they use to strip and bind, or murder us when they catch us alone.

-Abraham Cowley

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