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Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial. His poem A Wife , which depicted the virtues that a young man should demand of a woman, played a large role in the events that precipitated his murder. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. June 1581 – 14. September 1613
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Famous Thomas Overbury Quotes

“In part to blame is she,
Which hath without consent bin only tride:
He comes to neere that comes to be denide.”

Thomas Overbury A Wife

A Wife, stanza 36. Compare: "In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too late that comes to be denied", Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Lady’s Resolve (1713).

“He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.”

Thomas Overbury

Miscellaneous Works: An Affectate Traveller.

“An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous”

Thomas Overbury

The Just Downfall of Ambition, Adultery and Murder.

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