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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]
Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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EPIGRAM 6.

[Be not deceiv'd, great Foole; There is no losse]

Be not deceiv'd, great Foole; There is no losse
In being small. Great bulks but swell with drosse:
Man is heav'ns Master-peece; If it appeare
More great, the valu's lesse; If lesse, more deare.
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