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Every one fastens where there is gaine.

George Herbert

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
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
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Honest Thieves Thunder
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Country Hath People
It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Betetr Horne Wing
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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House One People Trust
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Beauty Borrowed Flame
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Poor Reason Weigh
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Owner Purpose Witty
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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Men Miserable Pennies
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Angry Feast Rude
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Country Cutting People Thrice
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Bees Know Spy
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Assurance Master Pay

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

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