Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTThe reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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All that shakes falles not.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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