The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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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 love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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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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Prettiness dies first.
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