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Good and quickly seldom meet.

George Herbert

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Burden Know Understand Weight
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Gate Hell Lackey
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Affection Brain Heat
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Fasten Gaine People
Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Good Rich Work
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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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Fire Ship Water
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
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Men Miserable Pennies
It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Catch Fish Good Net
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Drowned Length Swimmer
Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Haste Meet Seldom
Trust not one night’s ice.
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Ice Night Trust
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Encounter Goeth Hath
The life of man is a winter way.
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Men Way Winter

Good and quickly seldom meet.

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