"Nothing puts a man so much out of tune as discontent."
— Tubbe, Henry (1618-1655)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Robert Gibbs
Date
1659
Metaphor
"Nothing puts a man so much out of tune as discontent."
Metaphor in Context
Nothing puts a man so much out of tune as discontent. A little mudd will defile a whole cistern of fair water. A fretting spleen like a mist that puts out heavens eye obscures the soul with cloudy fumes, and makes the minde so intent upon her misery that she never seeks for a redresse. Society cannot cure this disease; for it disturbs all conversation.
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A froward man offends all, and all offend him. But those discontents are most irksome which may not be revealed: for then the heart withers and consumes without hope of comfort. Good Counsel is restorative; the want of which drives men into a desperate ruine. Sorrow smothered up murders the patient, and like an undermining Pioner digs for destruction.
(pp. 142-3, in. 74)
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A froward man offends all, and all offend him. But those discontents are most irksome which may not be revealed: for then the heart withers and consumes without hope of comfort. Good Counsel is restorative; the want of which drives men into a desperate ruine. Sorrow smothered up murders the patient, and like an undermining Pioner digs for destruction.
(pp. 142-3, in. 74)
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Provenance
EEBO
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1659).
Meditations Divine & Morall by H.T. (London: Printed for Robert Gibbs, 1659). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO>
Meditations Divine & Morall by H.T. (London: Printed for Robert Gibbs, 1659). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
03/08/2004
Date of Review
06/09/2009
