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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

George Herbert

Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Children Father First
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Honour Profit Religion
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Dry Slander Tempest
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Night Wisdom Wise
An old dog barks not in vain.
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Bark Dog Vain
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Credit Eye Touched
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Age Example Need
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Choak Myself Upbraided
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
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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Men Miserable Pennies
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Country Cutting People Thrice
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Good Make Pig Shaft Tail
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Better Health People Suffer

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

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