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ALL THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLD CANNOT DESTROY VIRTUE
IT IS USELESS TO HOPE TO CONQUER THE WORLD, SINCE THE ANCIENTS DID NOT SUCCEED
SHARE WITH THE POOR THE GOODS OF THIS WORLD FOR REWARD IN THE OTHER
TIME TRIUMPHS OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS OVER THE MOST SUPERB EDIFICES
THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD RESEMBLE A FLOWER, THE WIND, AND MOVING WAVES
HE WHO LIMITS NOT HIS COVETOUSNESS GOES TO HIS RUIN
THE WORLD IS HOLLOW, EVOLVES CONSTANTLY, AND HAS AN APPEARANCE OF BEAUTY
IT IS EASIER TO COMBINE WATER AND FIRE THAN TO GUARD ONE'S SAFETY BY ABANDONMENT TO THE WORLD
PHILOSOPHER PREACHING
THE WORLD LETS THOSE DIE WHO LOVE IT AND ARE TOO MUCH ATTACHED TO IT

Jean Delaune

All the Effects of the World Cannot Destroy Virtue

1580

Jean Delaune

French, born 1559

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French, born 1559
Nationality: French