"Where there is peace, God is."
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"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots."
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"Castles are Forrests of stones."
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"The shortest answer is doing."
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"Every mile is two in winter"
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"No barber shaves so close but another finds worke."
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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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"He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea."
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"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
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"Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise."
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"Living well is the best revenge."
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"Good words are worth much, and cost little."
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"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor. It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round."
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"By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind."
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"Bibles laid open, millions of surprises."
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"That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust."
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"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."
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"A good digestion turneth all to health."
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"Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies."
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"For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave."
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