There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the ear… - Joseph Hall

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There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.

Joseph Hall

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

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Alternative Names: Jozef Holl

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'Mongst all these stirs of discontented strife,
O, let me lead an academic life;
To know much, and to think for nothing, know
Nothing to have, yet think we have enow.

So little in his purse, so much upon his back.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

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