Thomas Overbury, born in 1581 in England, was a renowned poet. His poetry is celebrated for its elegant meter and profound emotional expression, which has had a profound impact on the development of poetry in the following centuries.
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“Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt. with Memoirs of His Life
“Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Sir Thomas Overbury, with Memoirs of His Life. The Tenth Edition
“Things were first made, then words.”
Source: The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury
“Nature is God's. Art is man's instrument.”
Source: Prolusions; or, Select pieces of antient poetry,--compil'd with great care from their several originals: and offer'd to the publick as specimens of the integrity that should be found in the editions of worthy authors, in three parts ... with a preface ...
“Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it.”
Source: The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, now first collected: Edited with notes, and a biograph. account of the author by E. F. Rimbault