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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.

George Herbert

Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Night Wisdom Wise
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Advise Discreet Fool
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
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Medicine Mony People Ready
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Know Shoe Wear Wring
When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Mirth Needs Sin
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Dry Slander Tempest
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Angry Feast Rude
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Dead Give Restore
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Beauty Flame Light
Prettiness dies first.
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Die First Prettiness
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Another Feet Half Straw
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Burden Know Understand Weight
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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Bees Eye Lose
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Debt Grow Rich
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Fire Soldier Water

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