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Wee know not who lives or dies.

George Herbert

Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Mean Meditation Soul
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Mean Measure Run Year
It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Bow Fish Rule Sure
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gold Hands Lost
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Goest Grief People World
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
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
All our pompe the earth covers.
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Cover Earth Pompe
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Beauty Flame Light
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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God Thee Will
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Bread Estate Two Wallet
The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Cholerick Men Need Woe

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