The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Weening is not measure.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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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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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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