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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]

George Herbert

He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Play Well Win
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERT

Morning Night Soul
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
GEORGE HERBERT

Country Hath People
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERT

Cow Lost Tail
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERT

Brabling Need
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
GEORGE HERBERT

Absent Dead House
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
GEORGE HERBERT

Better None People Servant
Good workemen are seldome rich.
GEORGE HERBERT

Good Rich Work
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
GEORGE HERBERT

Needle Past People Thread
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
GEORGE HERBERT

Honour Profit Religion
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
GEORGE HERBERT

Door Enter House Leave
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
GEORGE HERBERT

King Void Years
An old dog barks not in vain.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bark Dog Vain
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Bottom Swim World
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Cutt Steel Tongue
He that staies does the businesse.
GEORGE HERBERT

Busines Gather People Staiies

Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]

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