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WISDOM AND FORTITUDE
IT IS EASIER TO COMBINE WATER AND FIRE THAN TO GUARD ONE'S SAFETY BY ABANDONMENT TO THE WORLD
SHARE WITH THE POOR THE GOODS OF THIS WORLD FOR REWARD IN THE OTHER
WORLD DRAWING HUMAN BEINGS INTO THE ABYSS
THE WORLD LETS THOSE DIE WHO LOVE IT AND ARE TOO MUCH ATTACHED TO IT
ALL THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLD CANNOT DESTROY VIRTUE
TIME TRIUMPHS OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS OVER THE MOST SUPERB EDIFICES
PHILOSOPHER PREACHING
THE GOODS OF THE WORLD ARE USEFUL ONLY TO THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO USE THEM
THE WORLD IS MORE INCONSTANT THAN THE SUN AND THE PLANETS (APOLLO IN HIS CHARIOT)

Jean Delaune

Wisdom and Fortitude

1579

Jean Delaune

French, born 1559

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French, born 1559
Nationality: French