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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

George Herbert

Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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King Void Years
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Dead Give Restore
The life of man is a winter way.
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Men Way Winter
When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hell Openth War
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Bacon Chimney Think
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Everyone Fault Time
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERT

Alcohol Drink Glass
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Ears Hearing Little
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
GEORGE HERBERT

Night Wisdom Wise
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERT

House One People Trust
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Example Need
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERT

Credit Eye Touched
Anothers bread costs deare.
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Bread Cost Dear
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Foul Horse Stalk
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
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Body Pain Wine

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