"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

Happiness, Truth, Virtue, Man

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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

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"Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance."

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"But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor."

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