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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.

George Herbert

A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Beauty Husband Lover Poor
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Bee Honey Sweet
Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Attend Men World
Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Gratitude Thankful Thanksgiving
Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Haste Meet Seldom
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Poor Reason Weigh
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Brabling Need
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
He that burnes most shines most.
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Buriesm Most Emotion People Shine
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Drink Frog Gossip Talk
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Discontened Easie Men
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Encounter Goeth Hath
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Deed Honor Ill
Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Fool Hour Wit
No Alchymy to saving.
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Alchymy People Save
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Deeds Wise
Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Salt Smell Taste
Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Chasten Emotion People Version
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Assurance Master Pay
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision
Heresie is the school of pride.
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Honour Pride School
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
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Ears Hearing Little
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Bees Eye Lose
The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Cholerick Men Need Woe
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Needle Past People Thread

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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