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God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
