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Often misquoted as "How few, like Daniel, have God and gold together".
More quotes by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.
A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.
What a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things?
The world's a wood, in which all lose their way,
Though by a different path each goes astray.
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Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
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