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Subtlety may deceive you integrity never will.

I beseech you in the bowels of Christ think it possible you may be mistaken.

Nature can do more than physicians.

Trust in God and keep your powder dry.

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged...

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A few honest men are better than numbers.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it...

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Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Volume Two

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

God made them as stubble to our swords.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

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Oliver Cromwell

Political leader

Born: 1599-04-25

Died: 1658-09-03

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, soldier, and revolutionary responsible for the overthrow of the monarchy, temporarily turning England into a republican Commonwealth, and assuming rule as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. After he died his son Richard Cromwell took this position, until King Charles II was crowned king.More