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Abraham Cowley on Money

1618–1667 England

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And all you men, whom greatness does so please,
Ye feast, I fear, like Damocles.

To virgin minds, which yet their native whiteness hold,
Not yet discoloured with the love of gold
(That jaundice of the soul,
Which makes it look so gilded and so foul)

Works (1668)

Money was made, not to command our will,
But all our lawful pleasures to fulfil.
Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey;
The horse doth with the horseman run away.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abraham Cowley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.