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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

George Herbert

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Debt Grow Rich
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Leopard Observe Spot
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Bees Found Rivers
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Mean Measure Run Year
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Bees Eye Lose
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gold Hands Lost
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Absent Dead House
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Atheism Atheist Devil
Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Need Occasion Require
He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Play Well Win
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Compromise Fat Lawsuit
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Law Morning Night
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Another Feet Half Straw
When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Mirth Needs Sin
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Land Sea Settle
Trust not one night’s ice.
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Ice Night Trust

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

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