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EVELYN, John Quotes

(1620-1706), English diarist

Piety

All is vanity which is not honest, and there is no solid wisdom but in true piety.

Wisdom

Living in an age of extraordinary events and revolutions, I have learned, from thence this truth, which I desire might be communicated to posterity: that all is vanity which is not honest, and that there is no solid wisdom but in real piety.

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