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Learn from these prints, youth, to practice the lovely virtue, / And shun what, even in the least, harms duty and piety; / Then you will always have human love to expect on this earth, / And after this the most glorious reward from God, your trust
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 20 depictions of moralizing scenes. Under each image, a four-line verse. Numbered center top: no. 144.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLeer uit deez' prentjes, jeugd, de lieve deugd betrachten, / En schuw wat, zelfs in 't minst, aen pligt en vroomheid schaedt; / Dan hebt gy, op deze aerd' steeds menschenmin te wachten, / En hierna 't. 1833 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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