We seek the present gain in everything,
Not caring (so our lust we may possess)
What damage to posterity we bring…
What our forefathers planted, we destroy:
A Collection of Emblems (1635) bk. 1, no. 35
We seek the present gain in everything,
Not caring (so our lust we may possess)
What damage to posterity we bring…
What our forefathers planted, we destroy:
A Collection of Emblems (1635) bk. 1, no. 35