Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERTPraise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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No Alchymy to saving.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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