The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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