MAX. 71.
Be not too cautious in discer∣ning the fit Objects of thy Cha∣rity;
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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- Title
- 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 8, 2025.
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Page 194
lest a Soul perish through thy Discretion: What thou gi∣vest to mistaken Want, shall re∣turn a Blessing to thy deceived Heart; better in relieving Idle∣ness to commit an accidental Evil, than in neglecting Mise∣ry to omit an essential Good; better two Drones be preserv'd than one Bee perish.