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Momenta desultoria

Constantijn Huygens

XX. THough thou givest all thou hast for charity sake, and yet retainest a secret desire of keeping it for thy owne sake, thou rather leavest it then forsakest it: He that hath relinquisht all things, and not himselfe, hath forsaken nothing; Hee that sets not his heart on what he possesses, forsaketh all things, though he keepe his possessions.

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