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A penny spar’d is twice got.

George Herbert

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Make Mill Paire Wind
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Deed Honor Ill
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Fish Morsel Take
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Fire Soldier Water
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
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Astrology Find Matter People
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Everyone Fault Time
All that shakes falles not.
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People Shakefall
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
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Honest Thieves Thunder
Heresie is the school of pride.
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Honour Pride School
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Ask Book Sounsell
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Drink Frog Gossip Talk

A penny spar’d is twice got.

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