“He is too blest that his own Happiness knows,
And Mortals to themselves are greatest Foes.”

— John Ogilby

Fab. II: Of the Dog and Shadow
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

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Scottish academic 1600–1676

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“He is too blest that his own Happiness knows,
And Mortals to themselves are greatest Foes.”