In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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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 is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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