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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

George Herbert

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
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Broken Ill Look Ustom
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Ill Straw
He that burnes most shines most.
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Buriesm Most Emotion People Shine
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
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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King Loss Spring
The life of man is a winter way.
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Men Way Winter
In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Mean Solitude Use
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Ever Himself Look Well
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
Weening is not measure.
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Doubt Knowlegfe Matter Weep
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Fear Hope Path Right Wrong
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Master Parent Requite
No Alchymy to saving.
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Alchymy People Save
In a long journey straw waighs.
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Journey Long Patience Weight
When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hell Openth War

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