Quote#Wisdom
'Mongst all these stirs of discontented strife
Quote byJoseph Hall · 1574–1656
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Discontent of Men with Their Condition..
English (original)
'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.
— Joseph Hall
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