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A penny spar’d is twice got.

George Herbert

True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Dog Fire Nut
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Need Patience Speak
A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Payment Penny People Twice
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Bees Found Rivers
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Fair Ready Window
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Little Own Patient
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Blame Peter Saint
To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Gain Spend Techheth
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Bread Estate Two Wallet
He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Play Well Win
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Live Well Well
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Bacon Chimney Think
He that burnes most shines most.
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Buriesm Most Emotion People Shine

A penny spar’d is twice got.

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