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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]

George Herbert

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
GEORGE HERBERT

Master Parent Requite
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.
GEORGE HERBERT

Needle Past People Thread
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bacon Chimney Think
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Fire Ship Water
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Poor Reason Weigh
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
GEORGE HERBERT

Children Father First
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bread Estate Two Wallet
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Money Mony Women
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Lying Reason Spurs
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
GEORGE HERBERT

Long Rope Wait
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
GEORGE HERBERT

Debt Grow Rich
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Cutt Steel Tongue
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERT

Deception Feet Physicians
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bone Dog Swallow
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERT

Children Morsel Own
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bees Found Rivers

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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