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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Marriage Reason Rhyme
Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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Comfort Gentle Human
Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
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Law Man Nature Necessary Portion Substance Waste
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Myself Safety
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Drowning Man One Liner
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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Gold Substance Understand Value
They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Lawyer People Profession
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Law Profession
They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
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Concern Garden Greatness Happiness Himself Store
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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Best Play Yourself
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom
To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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God Life Love Possible
You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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Abandon Control Storm Wind

Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

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