James Howell
James Howell
James Howellwas a 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer who is in many ways a representative figure of his age. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol...
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ProfessionWriter
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Man's best candle is his understanding.
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Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
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Good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.
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French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not only breed good blood, but it nutrifieth also, being a glutinous substantial liquor; of this wine, if of any other, may be verified that merry induction: That good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.
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Respect a man, he will do the more.
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Saying that most of the computer was filled with personal images is simply not accurate,
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We're definitely seeing a rapid increase in West Nile activity, which means a greater risk for human infection.
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Who has the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon
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Ticks become active as soon as the weather begins to warm up.
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Respect a man, he will do it the more.
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Some hold translations not unlike to be / The wrong side of a Turkish tapestry.
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Distance sometimes endears friendships, and sweetens it - for separation from those we love shows us, by the loss, their real value and dearness to us.
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Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
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All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today.