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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.

George Herbert

The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Fear God Knowledge Men Void
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Lying Reason Spurs
The wife is the key of the house.
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House Key Wife
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave
Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Angel Sunday Think
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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Morning Night Soul
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Married Men Stake
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Call Chuse Olives
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Fair Ready Window
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
Anothers bread costs deare.
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Bread Cost Dear
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Dog Fire Nut
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Bone Dog Swallow
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Haste Meet Seldom
All our pompe the earth covers.
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Cover Earth Pompe

Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.

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