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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

George Herbert

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Long Rope Wait
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Need Patience Speak
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Folly Jollity Smack
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
Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
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
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Foxes Girdle Mate
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.
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Courtesy Desire News
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Enough Soon Wells
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Eat Greedy Horse
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
Conversation makes one what he is.
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Conversation Make People Success

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