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Roger L'Estrange Quotes: Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.
         

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.


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If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.



It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.



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Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.



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Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.



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This page presents the quote "Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.". Author of this quote is Roger L'Estrange. This quote is about astrology, stars, foresight, kingdoms,.