Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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A little labour, much health.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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