Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERTGood words are worth much, and cost little.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The offender never pardons.
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The eye will have his part.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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True 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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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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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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