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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

George Herbert

Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Land Sea Settle
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Better Health People Suffer
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Friday Sing Sunday Week
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Eat Greedy Horse
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
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Broken Ill Look Ustom
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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End Lasts Particular
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Fortune Great Misfortune
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Fine Ill Littles Wrapt
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
Heresie is the school of pride.
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Honour Pride School
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Bee Gain May Steal
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Ears Hearing Little

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