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Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

by George Herbert Found in: Envy Quotes,
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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In a long journey straw waighs.

In a long journey straw waighs.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that is drunken . . .
Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill
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He that is drunken . . .
Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill
Did with his liquor slide into his veins.

by George Herbert Found in: Intemperance Quotes,
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