"Many things are lost for want of asking."
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"To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine."
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"God sees hearts as we see faces."
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"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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"A wise man cares not for what he cannot have."
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"Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another."
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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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"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."
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"Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy."
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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
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"If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction."
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"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father."
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"Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes."
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"By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear."
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"He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy."
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"A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as forThy laws Makes it and th'action fine."
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"The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition."
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"Better the feet slip then the tongue."
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"Health without money is halfe an ague."
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"Love and a cough cannot be hid."
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