Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.

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Title: Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.
Author: Goussault, Jacques.
Publication: London :: printed for Tho. Leigh, at the Peacock against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street,; 1698.
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Subject terms: Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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That you must die, is an undoubted Truth; you ought therefore to make all your Endea∣vours, and employ all your Cares to die well. It is the most natural consequence that you can draw from this Truth; but to employ all your cares without thinking of Death; and what good will it do you to think of it, except you think of it in such a manner, as the Thoughts of it will be to your Profit and Advantage?