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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

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
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Body Pain Wine
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Call Chuse Olives
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Folly Jollity Smack
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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First Fool Wedge
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Advise Discreet Fool
A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Bees Hony Maketh
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Discontened Easie Men
In a long journey straw waighs.
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Journey Long Patience Weight
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Fortune Great Misfortune
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Astrology Find Matter People
The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Cholerick Men Need Woe

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