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The scalded head feares cold water.

George Herbert

True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Beauty Flame Light
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Honour Profit Religion
An old dog barks not in vain.
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Bark Dog Vain
Trust not one night’s ice.
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Ice Night Trust
That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Dust Flesh Mortality
In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Mean Solitude Use
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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House One People Trust
Prettiness dies first.
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Die First Prettiness
Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Die Know Live People
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Beauty Husband Lover Poor
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Advise Discreet Fool
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Bone Dog Swallow
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Land Sea Settle
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Deed Honor Ill

The scalded head feares cold water.

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