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HE WHO LIMITS NOT HIS COVETOUSNESS GOES TO HIS RUIN
THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD ARE LIKE SMOKE AND LIKE ICE TURNING INTO WATER
PHILOSOPHER PREACHING
THE WORLD IS MORE INCONSTANT THAN THE SUN AND THE PLANETS (APOLLO IN HIS CHARIOT)
IT IS USELESS TO HOPE TO CONQUER THE WORLD, SINCE THE ANCIENTS DID NOT SUCCEED
TIME TRIUMPHS OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS OVER THE MOST SUPERB EDIFICES
SHARE WITH THE POOR THE GOODS OF THIS WORLD FOR REWARD IN THE OTHER
ALL THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLD CANNOT DESTROY VIRTUE
WISDOM AND FORTITUDE
THE WORLD IS LIKE A GARDEN OF FLOWERS, SOON DESTROYED BY DEATH

Jean Delaune

He Who Limits Not His Covetousness Goes to His Ruin

1579

Jean Delaune

French, born 1559

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French, born 1559
Nationality: French