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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
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Saying that most of the computer was filled with personal images is simply not accurate,
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Ticks become active as soon as the weather begins to warm up.
distance sometimes absence
Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.
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Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.
sleep names hypocrisy
He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.
religious thinking lasts
God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.
aviation
Fly and you will catch the swallow.
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This life at best is but an inn, and we the passengers.
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Nature, the handmaid of God Almighty, does nothing but with good advice, if we make research into the true reason of things.
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Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
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Words and works eat not at one table.
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In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty.
bees world calves
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
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A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.