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Quotes from Knowledge: an Ode — William Julius Mickle

1734–1788 Scotland

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Knowledge or wealth to few are given,
But mark how just the ways of Heaven:
True joy to all is free.
Nor wealth nor knowledge grant the boon:
'Tis thine, O conscience, thine alone,
It all belongs to thee.

Knowledge: an Ode (1761)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Julius Mickle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.