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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.

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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Life Mystery Nature Spiritual Vision
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Honor Profit
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play Yourself
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Gold Silver Use
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Herself Love Man Willing Woman
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Drowning Man One Liner
One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Character Enough Face Himself Hold Man
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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Business Chance Life Nature Ourselves
And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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Loss Ourselves Reason Thankful Win

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