“15. Light burthens long borne growe heavie.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633Related quotes
“It's easy to be heavy; hard to be light.”
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
“6493. A light Purse
Is a heavy Curse.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : A light purse is a heavy Curse.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“241. A light Purse makes a heavy Heart.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : Light purse, heavy heart.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.”
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The Zürau Aphorisms (1917 - 1918)
Variant: Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.
“Wealth brings a heavy purse; poverty, a light spirit.”
Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 88
