Jeremy Collier - Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the g

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

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Collier, Jeremy. Essays upon Several Moral Subjects. Part I, 3rd ed., R. Sare and H. Hindmarsh, 1698.

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