Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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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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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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