It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender. - George Herbert

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An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.

George Herbert

It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.

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

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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]

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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing. . . a grateful heart!

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f they'd been working with Alec Guinness, for instance, they wouldn't have known they were born if they'd not towed the line!

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When people think about the ark, they're always thinking about all the thousands of years of religious iconography of a ship with a bow and a deck, where Noah and the giraffes could walk around. In the actual written text it is basically described as a long, rectangular box.

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No mortal has a right to wag his tongue, much less to wag his pen, without saying something.

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Interesting things happen in the dark. . . sometimes.

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