Outlandish Proverb of the Week #967
400 year old insight on materialism:
"Pains to get, care to keep, fear to lose."
Collected by George Herbert, 1630's
posted by D Roller @ 8:56 PM
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Duckabush Sabbath
"testimony has great weight, and casts the balance" Dr. Samuel Johnson
Monday, May 14, 2007
"Pains to get, care to keep, fear to lose."
Collected by George Herbert, 1630's
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Hello. I need to select a book to read with some middle school boys this summer. Any suggestions? David, didn't you say that you read through one of Stephen Ambrose's works with a student one summer? I am thinking of doing D-Day. All suggestions welcome.
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