In a long journey straw waighs.
GEORGE HERBERTEnvy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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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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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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