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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

George Herbert

Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Fat House Keeper
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Emotion Much Spaniard
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Bone Dog Swallow
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Beare Eye Jest Religion
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
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Country Hath People
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Morning Night Soul
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
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Goest Grief People World
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 is angry at a feast is rude.
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Angry Feast Rude
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Assurance Master Pay
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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First Fool Wedge
Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Need Occasion Require
An old dog barks not in vain.
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Bark Dog Vain

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

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