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Weening is not measure.

George Herbert

When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Land Sea Settle
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Discontened Easie Men
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Drink Frog Gossip Talk
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Advise Discreet Fool
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Courtesy Desire News
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Mean Solitude Use
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Emotion Much Spaniard
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Children Morsel Own
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Dry Slander Tempest
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Horse Long Race
Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Need Occasion Require
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Enough Soon Wells

Weening is not measure.

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