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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

Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Bee Gain May Steal
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Covertly Rude Speak Truth
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Deeds Wise
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Friday Sing Sunday Week
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Ask Book Sounsell
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Cow Lost Tail
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Better Health People Suffer
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Ears Hearing Little
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Astrology Find Matter People
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
Better never begin than never make an end.
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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.

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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.

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