Quote#Wisdom
2591. If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and…
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1654–1734
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), These precepts were first collected as advice for Fuller's son John..
English (original)
2591. If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and thou provest wise and virtuous, it will be sufficient. It's none of the least of God's Favours, that Wealth comes not trolling in upon us ; for many of us should have been worse, if our Estates had been better.
— Thomas Fuller
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