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The ear and the eye are the mind's receivers but the tongue is only busy in expending the treasures received. It, therefore, the revenues of the mind be uttered as fast or faster than they are received, it must needs be bare, and can never lay up for purchase.

Joseph Hall

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
Poet
Priest
Writer
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
Needs
Faster
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Mind
Tongue
Purchase
Never
Fast
Treasures
Busy
Bare
Ears
Revenue
Expending
Therefore
Received
Receivers
Eye
Treasure
Revenues
Must
Lays
Uttered

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