Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
GEORGE HERBERTEnvy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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