The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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