Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
GEORGE HERBERTWho shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Weening is not measure.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Prettiness dies first.
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