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" What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish out the cream of all his care, To gain poor seeming goods ; which, being got, Make firm possession but a thoroughfare ; Or, if they stay, they furrow thoughts the deeper ; And, being kept with care,... "
Emblems divine and moral, together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man - Page 36
by Francis Quarles - 1806
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Freemason's Magazine, Or General and Complete Library, 2. köide

1794 - 518 lehte
...the way to leave her. What less than fool is man, to strive and plot, And lavish out the. strength of, all his care, To gain poor seeming goods, which being got Makes firm possefiion but homely Sue. I cannot weep, until thou broach, mine eye, O, give me vent,...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, 1. köide

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 lehte
...the latter growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of truth. — Serfceley. DCXXV. DCXXVI. "What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And...being kept with care, they lose their careful keeper. Qudrles. Dcxxyn. The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this — the former eats when...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., 1. köide

Laconics - 1829 - 390 lehte
...meeting; but, 'from a shipwreck saved, we mingle tears with our embraces.— Provoked Husband. DCXXVL What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish...being kept with care, they lose their careful keeper. Quarles. DCXXVIL The difference between a rich man and a poor man is tllis — the former eats when...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 lehte
...is man to prog and plot, And lavish out the eream of all his eare, To gain poor seeming goods whieh, being got, Make firm possession but a thoroughfare...they furrow thoughts the deeper; And being kept with eare, they lose their eareful keeper. Quarks. In all the world there is no viee Less prone t' exeess...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 lehte
...makes it sure, Sueh madness, as for fear of death to die, Is to be poor for fear of poverty. Denham, What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish out the eream of all his eare, To gain poor seeming goods whieh, being got, Make farm possession but a thoroughfare...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 378 lehte
...meeting : but, from. a shipwreck saved, we mingle tears with our embraces. — Provohed Husband, DCXXVI. What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish...furrow thoughts the deeper ; And, being kept with ca< e, they lose their cai eful keeper. Quarla. OCX XVII. Dcxxyni. There is no fooling with life, when...
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The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

Richard Crashaw - 1857 - 408 lehte
...The liquid body of thy slipp'ry treasure ; Alas! how poorly are thy labours crown'd! Thy liquor 's never sweet, nor yet thy vessel sound. 7 What less...being kept with care, they lose their careful keeper. If we give more to the flesh than we ought, we nourish an enemy ; if we give not to her necessity what...
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Quarles' Emblems

Francis Quarles - 1861 - 346 lehte
...treasure ; Alas ! how poorly are thy labours crown'd ! Thy liquor's never sweet, nor yet thy vessel sound. What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish...they lose their careful keeper. S. GREG. Hom. iii. secund. Parte Ezech. If we give more to the flesh than we ought, we nourish an enemy ; if we give not...
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Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart; and Hieroglyphics of the ...

Francis Quarles - 1866 - 472 lehte
...treasure ; Alas ! how poorly are thy labours crown'd ! Thy liquor's never sweet, nor yet thy vessel sound. What less than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish...gain poor seeming goods ; which, being got, Make firm possessions but a thoroughfare ; Or, if they stay, they furrow thoughts the deeper ; And being kept...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 lehte
...rule, get money, still get money, boy, No matter by what means. Ben Jonson, Eoery Man, ll. 3. What leas than fool is man to prog and plot, And lavish out...being kept with care, they lose their careful keeper. . Qnarles. That cos'ning vice, although it seems to keep Our wealth, debars us from possessing it,...
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