How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of the… - Joseph Hall

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How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of their own strength and glory, and to be lifted up so high as to lose sight both of the ground whence they rose, and the hand that advanced them.

Joseph Hall

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Joseph Hall (July 1, 1574 – September 8, 1656) was an English bishop and satirist.

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Pen Names: Mercurius Britannicus

Alternative Names: Jozef Holl

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He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well.

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O, let me lead an academic life;
To know much, and to think for nothing, know
Nothing to have, yet think we have enow.

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