There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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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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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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