To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.
That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.
Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.
The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.
What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.
Our country is where ever we are well off.