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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.
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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.
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- 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 June 10, 2024.
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Evil is surely thine; if Good should happen to ensue upon the Evil which thou hast done, the Good proceeds from God: If therefore thou do Evil, there∣by to occasionate a Good, thou lay'st a bad Foundation for a good Building, and servest the Devil, that God may serve thee. Where the end of Evil is Good in the Intention, there the end of that Good is Evil in the Ex∣tension.