Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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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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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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