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O lord! your wise men are the greatest fools upon earth; they reason about their enjoyments, and analyse their pleasures, whilst the essence escapes.

Source: Flutter in The Belle's Strategem, Act IV, Sc. I.
-- Hannah Cowley, (NA 1743-1809), English playwright; She is best known for Who's the Dupe?, 1779 and The Belle's Strategem, 1780s.

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