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title: "3 Katherine Philips Quotes"
description: "Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as \"The Matchless Orinda\", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved r..."
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# Katherine Philips

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Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille's Pompée and Horace, and for her editions of poetry after her death. She was highly regarded by many notab

##  Quotes by Katherine Philips

> [Religion, which true policy befriends, Designed by God to serve man's noblest ends, Is by that old deceiver's subtle play Made the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-philips/religion-which-true-policy-befriends-designed-by-god-to-serve-man-s/)

Katherine Philips

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> [Friendship's an abstract of this noble flame, 'Tis love refin'd, and purged from all its dross, 'Tis next to angel's love, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-philips/friendship-s-an-abstract-of-this-noble-flame-tis-love-refin-d-and/)

Katherine Philips

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> [I find too there are few Friendships in the World Marriage-Proof; especially when the Person our Friend marries has not a Soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-philips/i-find-too-there-are-few-friendships-in-the-world-marriage-proof/)

Katherine Philips

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