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Owen Feltham, born in 1602 and died on February 23, 1668, was an English writer known for his fables and satirical works. His contributions to literature have had a profound impact on subsequent generations.

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Famous Owen Feltham Quotes

“Shall I speak truly what I now see below? The World is all a carkass, smoak and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just Nothing.”

World Play Speak Shadow Vanity One Word

Author:Owen Feltham

“He that despairs degrades the Deity, and seems to intimate that He is insufficient, or not just to His word; and in vain hath read the scriptures, the world, and man.”

Men World Seems Despair Scripture Vain Intimate Deities Degrade Insufficient

Author:Owen Feltham

“Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would win us far more honor than the seeking slyly to disparage it. That would show we loved what we commended, while this tells the world we grudge at what we want in ourselves.”

Ifs World Want Should Mind Shows Winning Virtue Honor Seeking Envy Grudge

Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political

Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political

“That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.”

Men World Affair

Author:Owen Feltham

“Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.”

World Fall Pieces Broken Crush Temples Sincerity Fabric Fidelity Pillars

Author:Owen Feltham

“God has made no one absolute. The rich depend on the poor, as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but a magnificent building; all the stones are gradually cemented together. No one subsists by himself.”

World Wells Made Together Poor Rich Building Depends Stones Absolutes Magnificent

Author:Owen Feltham

“Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.”

World Fool Gold Defects Curtains

Author:Owen Feltham

About the Author

Born: 1602
Died: February 23, 1668
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 76

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