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 HERBERTShall 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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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Prettiness dies first.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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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.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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