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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

George Herbert

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERT

Medicine Mony People Ready
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Mean Measure Run Year
An old dog barks not in vain.
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Bark Dog Vain
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Owner Purpose Witty
Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Mean Meditation Soul
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Betimes Rise Some Thing
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Emotion Much Spaniard
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
GEORGE HERBERT

Assurance Master Pay
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
GEORGE HERBERT

Body Pain Wine
Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fool Hour Wit
All our pompe the earth covers.
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Cover Earth Pompe
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
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

That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

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