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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

George Herbert

That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Dust Flesh Mortality
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
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
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Covertly Rude Speak Truth
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Fat House Keeper
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
Never was strumpet faire.
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Create Faire Strumpet
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Mirth Needs Sin
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Ears Hearing Little
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Eat Greedy Horse
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Fire Ship Water
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Land Ocean Sea
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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House One People Trust

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

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