Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhen thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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The eye will have his part.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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