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Good workemen are seldome rich.

George Herbert

Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Fire Ship Water
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Bone Dog Swallow
It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Bow Fish Rule Sure
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Built House Lawyer
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Affection Brain Heat
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Bird Feather Hand
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Assurance Master Pay
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
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gold Hands Lost
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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King Loss Spring
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Food Smell Taste
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Need Patience Speak
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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End Furthest Thinke
A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Payment Penny People Twice
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
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Credit Eye Touched

Good workemen are seldome rich.

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