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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.

George Herbert

Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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End Lasts Particular
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Bread Estate Two Wallet
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Bees Eye Lose
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
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Better None People Servant
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
Anothers bread costs deare.
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Bread Cost Dear
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Gratitude Thankful Thanksgiving
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Married Men Stake
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Lying Reason Spurs
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Burden Light Long
Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Die Know Live People

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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