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Prettiness dies first.

George Herbert

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
To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Gain Spend Techheth
The eye will have his part.
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Eye Hope Part Vision
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Bone Dog Swallow
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Mother Nose Wipe
Better never begin than never make an end.
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End Laziness Speaker
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Children Morsel Own
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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King Void Years
Music helps not the toothache.
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Help Music Toothache
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Another Feet Half Straw
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
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Built House Lawyer
Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Angel Sunday Think
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Need Patience Speak
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Needle Past People Thread
Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Need Occasion Require

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