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He that chastens one, chastens 20.

George Herbert

Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Better Health People Suffer
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
Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Good Rich Work
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Children Morsel Own
The scalded head feares cold water.
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Cold Fear Water
All that shakes falles not.
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People Shakefall
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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End Lasts Particular
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Folly Grief House
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Drowned Length Swimmer
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Fire Ship Water
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gold Hands Lost
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Medicine Mony People Ready
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Bees Found Rivers
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Land Ocean Sea
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Land Sea Settle

He that chastens one, chastens 20.

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