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George Herbert

Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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King Void Years
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Fish Morsel Take
In a long journey straw waighs.
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Journey Long Patience Weight
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Ill Straw
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Chasten Emotion People Version
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Food Smell Taste
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Beare Eye Jest Religion
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gold Hands Lost
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Country Cutting People Thrice
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Betimes Rise Some Thing
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Courtesy Desire News
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Money Mony Women

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