Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son.

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Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son.
Author
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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London :: printed for W. Chandeler, in the Pourcy; and Tho. Scott, in Cranbone-Street, Leicester-Fields,
1698.
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"Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56847.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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Tho' thou givest all thou hast for Charity's sake, and yet retainest a secret desire of keep∣ing it for thy own sake, thou rather leavest it than forsakest it. He that hath relinquish'd all things, and not himself, hath forsaken nothing: He that sets not his Heart on what he pos∣sesses, forsaketh all things, tho' he keep his Possessions.

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