A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
GEORGE HERBERTA lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Prettiness dies first.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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