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.]
GEORGE HERBERTBetter never begin than never make an end.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Weening is not measure.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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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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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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