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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

In a long journey straw waighs.
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Journey Long Patience Weight
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
All that shakes falles not.
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People Shakefall
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Good Make Pig Shaft Tail
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Fish Morsel Take
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Honest Thieves Thunder
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?
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Body Pain Wine
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Men Miserable Pennies
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Call Chuse Olives
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Gentle Heart Love
When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hell Openth War
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Astrology Find Matter People
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Horse Long Race
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Compromise Fat Lawsuit

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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