• There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.

  Abraham Cowley
  English poet 1618-1667
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. defects
2. fortune
3. cutting
4. shorter
5. length
6. wishes

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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. by : Abraham Cowley

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