Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
GEORGE HERBERTThe offender never pardons.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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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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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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