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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

George Herbert

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERT

Medicine Mony People Ready
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Affection Brain Heat
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Children Morsel Own
He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Pay People Surety
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Always Boot Ready
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Drink Frog Gossip Talk
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Horse Long Race
It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Betetr Horne Wing
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Foul Horse Stalk
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
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Fire Soldier Water
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Body Pain Wine
A little labour, much health.
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Health Labour Littles
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
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

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