Nahum Tate quotes
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“While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of the Lord came down, And Glory shone around.”
-- Nahum TateSource : 'Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms' (1700) 'While Shepherds Watched'
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“Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.”
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“Great minds against themselves conspire, and shun the cure they most desire.”
-- Nahum TateSource : Henry Purcell, Nahum Tate (1978). “Purcell, Didon et Enée”
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Source : Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”
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“My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.”
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“There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know.”
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