Samuel Daniel was an English poet and historian.
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“The wise are above books”
Samuel Daniel
“Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using”
“Unless above himself he can / Erect himself, how poor a thing is man.”
“Come, worthy Greek! Ulysses, come; / Possess these shores with me! / The winds and seas are troublesome / And here we may be free.”
“The stars that have most glory have no rest.”
“By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.”
“And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.”
“Sacred religion! Mother of Form and Fear!”
“This many-headed monster, Multitude.”
“Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the light.”