He that chastens one, chastens 20.
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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