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.]
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Prettiness dies first.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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The offender never pardons.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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