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

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These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickning, bringing down to hell...

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that repose And peace, which everywhere With so much earnestness you do pursue, Is only there.

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Sometimes Death, puffing at the doore, Blows all the dust about the floore:...

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

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

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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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Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways,...

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Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing, Nothing but bones,...

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

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At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth Of thieves and murderers: there I him espied...

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Time is the rider that breaks youth.

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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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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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Night is the mother of counsels.

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Never was a miser a brave soul.

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All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

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Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

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Spend not on hopes.

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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

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

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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

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One enemy is too much.

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Be thrifty, but not covetous.

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He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

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

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