The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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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 solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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