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Good is the mora that makes all sure.

George Herbert

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Folly Jollity Smack
There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Fame Many Way
The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Cholerick Men Need Woe
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Honest Thieves Thunder
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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Beauty Flame Light
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
The wife is the key of the house.
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House Key Wife
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Master Parent Requite
Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Salt Smell Taste
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Courtesy Desire News
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Owner Purpose Witty
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Fear God Knowledge Men Void
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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House One People Trust
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Affection Brain Heat
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Married Men Stake
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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Mirth Needs Sin

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