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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

George Herbert

The offender never pardons.
GEORGE HERBERT

Forgiveness Literature Pardon
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
GEORGE HERBERT

Need Patience Speak
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.
GEORGE HERBERT

Courtesy Desire News
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bone Dog Swallow
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Covertly Rude Speak Truth
It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bow Fish Rule Sure
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
GEORGE HERBERT

Goest Grief People World
All that shakes falles not.
GEORGE HERBERT

People Shakefall
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Haste Meet Seldom
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
GEORGE HERBERT

Door Enter House Leave
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
GEORGE HERBERT

Distance Envy Greatness
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Night Wisdom Wise
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Beauty Flame Light
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

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