Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
GEORGE HERBERTTo gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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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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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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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.]
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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