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Roger L'Estrange was an English author and translator, renowned for his translation of the Bible into English, which was widely used during the 17th and 18th centuries. He was also a playwright and poet, contributing to the literary scene of his era.

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Famous Roger L'Estrange Quotes

“Innocence is no Protection against the Arbitrary Cruelty of a Tyrannical Power : But Reason and Conscience are yet so Sacred, that the Greatest Villanies are still Contenanc'd under that Cloak and Color.”

Reason Conscience Cruelty Innocence

Book:Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, with Morals and Reflections and Fables and Stories Moralized: Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop

Source: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, with Morals and Reflections and Fables and Stories Moralized: Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop

“There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.”

Humans Reason Force Brutal Opposing Human Reason Stratagem

Book:Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections

Source: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections

“Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.”

Reason Advice Ambition Deaf Unruly

Book:Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections

Source: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections