I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue ; the Roman word is better, " impedimenta ; " for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes... Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ... - Página 156 por General reader - 1827 - 188 páginas Vista completa -
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