Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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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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He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
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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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Do not wait; the time will never be ""just right."" Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
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Bitter-Sweet
Ah, my dear angry Lord,
Since thou dost love, yet strike;
Cast down, yet help afford;
Sure I will do the like.
I will complain, yet praise;
I will bewail, approve;
And all my sour-sweet days
I will lament and love.
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Sin (II)
O that I could a sin once see!
We paint the devil foul, yet he
Hath some good in him, all agree.
Sin is flat opposite to th' Almighty, seeing
It wants the good of virtue, and of being.
But God more care of us hath had:
If apparitions make us sad,
By sight of sin we should grow mad.
Yet as in sleep we see foul death, and live:
So devils are our sins in perspective.
poem by George Herbert
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