One whose "if I can" is more than another's assurance; and his doubtful tale before some men's protestations:—that is confident of nothing in futurity, yet his conjectures oft true prophecies:—that makes [129] a pause still betwixt his ear and belief, and is not too hasty to say after others.
— from Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by John Earle
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