The scalded head feares cold water.
GEORGE HERBERTThe dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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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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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Weening is not measure.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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