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> [He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/he-that-uses-many-words-for-explaining-any-subject-doth-like-the/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

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> [A multitude of words doth rather obscure than illustrate, they being a burden to the memory, and the first apt to be forgotten, before we come to the last. So that he that uses many words for the explaining of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/a-multitude-of-words-doth-rather-obscure-than-illustrate-they-being-a/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

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## More by John Ray

> [He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/he-that-preaches-war-is-the-devil-s-chaplain/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Children pick up words as pigeons peas And utter them again as God shall please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/children-pick-up-words-as-pigeons-peas-and-utter-them-again-as-god/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Guilt is always jealous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/guilt-is-always-jealous/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [He who pays the piper can call the tunes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/he-who-pays-the-piper-can-call-the-tunes/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/the-heart-is-the-first-part-that-quickens-and-the-last-that-dies/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted with immoderate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/one-means-very-effectual-for-the-preservation-of-health-is-a-quiet/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/love-thy-neighbor-but-pull-not-down-thy-hedge/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [They love too much that die for love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/they-love-too-much-that-die-for-love/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [“Love you Neighbor; yet don't pull down your Hedge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/love-you-neighbor-yet-don-t-pull-down-your-hedge/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/fish-must-swim-thrice-once-is-the-water-a-second-time-in-the-sauce/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/to-go-like-a-cat-upon-a-hot-bakestone/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Man does what he can, and God what he will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/man-does-what-he-can-and-god-what-he-will/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/who-depends-upon-another-man-s-table-often-dines-late/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Every man praises his own wares.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/every-man-praises-his-own-wares/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

> [Where love fails we espy all faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/where-love-fails-we-espy-all-faults/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

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