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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters...

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Holinesse on the head, Light and perfections on the breast,...

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Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

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Hope is the poor man's bread.

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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

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Whether I flie with angels, fall with dust, Thy hands made both, and I am there:...

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Every mile is two in winter.

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Time is the rider that breaks youth.

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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.

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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

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The best mirror is an old friend.

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But since our Saviours death did put some bloud Into thy face;...

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Life is a businesse, not good cheer; Ever in warres....

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One enemy is too much.

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Living well is the best revenge.

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He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

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life is straight, Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee,

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A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.

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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

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