I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Weening is not measure.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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