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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

George Herbert

Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Cheerful Encouragement Positivity
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Mean Measure Run Year
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
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Money Mony Women
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Credit Eye Touched
Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Fool Hour Wit
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Affection Brain Heat
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Men Remedy Thing
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
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Blame Peter Saint
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Poor Reason Weigh
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Atheism Atheist Devil
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Men Miserable Pennies
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Chasten Emotion People Version
It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Betetr Horne Wing
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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King Loss Spring

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