Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 18. Not time, but our actions, are the true measure of our life


THat life is short, which measur'd by the span
Of time hath been of vertuous actions scant:
And one day's longer in a learned man,
Then twenty Lusters of an ignorant;
For life is good, and 'tis the quality
Of goodnesse, that extends its quantity.






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