The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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