Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
GEORGE HERBERTBeing on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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When 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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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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