A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
GEORGE HERBERTThe 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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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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The eye will have his part.
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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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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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