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Epigrams: Divine and Moral

By Sir Thomas Vrchard

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25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher.

Why doe you study Morals, if you take
No paines t'abate your avarice, and lust?
For how can vertues definition make
You valiant, prudent, temperate, or just:
Jf you industriously purge not your mind
Of any vice, to which you are inclin'd?