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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]

George Herbert

A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Bees Hony Maketh
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Angry Feast Rude
Prettiness dies first.
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Die First Prettiness
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Deeds Wise
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
An old dog barks not in vain.
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Bark Dog Vain
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Deception Feet Physicians
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Leopard Observe Spot
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Little Own Patient
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Better None People Servant
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Dog Fire Nut
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Everyone Fault Time
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
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision

If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]

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