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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]

George Herbert

When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hell Openth War
The life of man is a winter way.
GEORGE HERBERT

Men Way Winter
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Land Sea Settle
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
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
GEORGE HERBERT

Friday Sing Sunday Week
In a long journey straw waighs.
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Journey Long Patience Weight
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
GEORGE HERBERT

Burden Know Understand Weight
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
GEORGE HERBERT

End Lasts Particular
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Lying Reason Spurs
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Good Make Pig Shaft Tail
In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
GEORGE HERBERT

Mean Solitude Use
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
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
GEORGE HERBERT

Married Men Stake
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bone Dog Swallow
Anothers bread costs deare.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bread Cost Dear

To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]

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