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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]

George Herbert

The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Men Remedy Thing
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Fear God Knowledge Men Void
Where there is peace, God is.
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God Life Peace
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Fear Grief Money
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Money Mony Women
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Fear Hope Path Right Wrong
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Burden Light Long
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
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
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Land Ocean Sea
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Children Morsel Own
He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Pay People Surety
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Age Example Need
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

Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]

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