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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.

George Herbert

When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
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.
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Morning Night Soul
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Fair Ready Window
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
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Know Shoe Wear Wring
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Men Miserable Pennies
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Fear Grief Money
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Cow Lost Tail
He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Pay People Surety
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Brest Side Squrres
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Cheerful Encouragement Positivity
Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue

Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.

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