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> [Calamity is man's true touchstone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/calamity-is-man-s-true-touchstone/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

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## More by John William Fletcher

> [The sins we do, people behold with optics, Which shew them ten times more than common vices, And often multiply them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/the-sins-we-do-people-behold-with-optics-which-shew-them-ten-times/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Calamity is man's true touchstone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/calamity-is-man-s-true-touchstone/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/fanaticism-is-the-child-of-false-zeal-and-of-superstition-the-father/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Deeds, not words shall speak to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/deeds-not-words-shall-speak-to-me/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [To work a fell revenge a man's a fool, if not instructed in a woman's school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/to-work-a-fell-revenge-a-man-s-a-fool-if-not-instructed-in-a-woman-s/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [The place that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the, old sages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/the-place-that-does-contain-my-books-the-best-companions-is-to-me-a/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Vice gets more in this vicious world than piety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/vice-gets-more-in-this-vicious-world-than-piety/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Come landlord fill a flowing bowl until it does run over, Tonight we will all merry be--tomorrow we'll get sober.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/come-landlord-fill-a-flowing-bowl-until-it-does-run-over-tonight-we/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> ["Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/should-i-comfort-those-who-do-not-mourn-some-preachers-are-too-quick/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

> [Leap hearts to lips, and in our kisses meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-fletcher/leap-hearts-to-lips-and-in-our-kisses-meet/)

[John William Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-fletcher/)

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