Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERTShall 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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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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Prettiness dies first.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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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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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The offender never pardons.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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