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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

George Herbert

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Gentle Heart Love
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Bee Gain May Steal
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
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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Dust Flesh Mortality
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Mean Meditation Soul
Where there is peace, God is.
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God Life Peace
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Land Sea Settle
It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Egg Hard Shave
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Married Men Stake
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Fire Ship Water
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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May Spring
He that staies does the businesse.
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Busines Gather People Staiies
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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King Void Years
Music helps not the toothache.
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Help Music Toothache

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