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George Whetstone
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“What is this world, a net to snare the soule, A masse of sinne, a desart of deceipt, A momentes ioy, an age of wrecched dole: A lure from grace, for flesh a lothsome baite, Unto the minde a canker worme of care, Unsure, uniust, in rendring man his share.”
George Whetstone (1544–1587) first seen 1585 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Description of the World", in The Paradise of Daintie Devises (1585), n.p. Erroneously attributed to Gascoigne. See: Notes and Queries, ser. 11, vol. 3, no. 70 (29 April 1911), p. 323
“The riche mans wealth, is moste enemye vnto his health.”
George Whetstone (1544–1587) first seen 1586 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The English Myrror (1586), ch. 3, p. 14
“Byrds of a fether, best flye together.”
George Whetstone (1544–1587) said by 1587 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, I wyll set a face of brasse on it.”
George Whetstone (1544–1587) said by 1587 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whylst grasse, doth growe ofte sterues the seely stéede.”
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Recorded in: Again, in The Paradise of Daintie Devises (1585):