Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde? (John Lyly)

Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?

John Lyly

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