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Sir John Denham (1615 - 10 March 1669), poet, son of the Chief Baron of Exchequer in Ireland, was born in Dublin, and educated at Trinity College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn in London. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Denham, Sir John.
"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."
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"We are never like angels till our passion dies."
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"Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid."
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"Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use."
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