"Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness."

Society, Covetousness, Man, Treasure

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"Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness."

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"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."

Books

"So spake the Seraph Abdiel faithful found,Among the faithless, faithful only hee;Among innumerable false, unmov'd,Unshak'n, unseduc'd, unterrifi'dHis Loyaltie he kept, his Love, his Zeale;Nor number, nor example with him wroughtTo swerve from truth, or change his constant mindThough single. From amidst them forth he passd,Long way through hostile scorn, which he susteindSuperior, nor of violence fear'd aught;And with retorted scorn his back he turn'dOn those proud Towrs to swift destruction doom'd."

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"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."

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"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."

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"But what more oft in Nations grown corrupt, And by thir vices brought to servitude, Than to love Bondage more than Liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty."

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"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

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"A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,And pavement stars-as starts to thee appearSoon in the galaxy, that milky wayWhich mightly as a circling zone thou seestPowder'd wiht stars."

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"Accuse not Nature she hath done her part Do thou but thine!"

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"So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life."

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