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8 Joseph Hall Quotes

Joseph Hall's reflections are thoughtful, guiding you toward contentment and virtue.

Joseph Hall quotes

  1. So little in his purse, so much upon his back.

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  2. 'Mongst all these stirs of discontented strife, O, let me lead an academic life; To know much, and to think for nothing, know Nothing to have, yet think we have enow.

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  3. Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

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  4. There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.

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  5. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

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  6. Perfection is the child of time:

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  7. He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well.

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  8. A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

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