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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]

George Herbert

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Alcohol Drink Glass
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Country Cutting People Thrice
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Live Well Well
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Fear Hope Path Right Wrong
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Everyone Fault Time
It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Egg Hard Shave
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Mean Sky Success
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Cow Lost Tail
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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House One People Trust
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Little Own Patient
Conversation makes one what he is.
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Conversation Make People Success
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Brest Side Squrres
Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Distance Envy Greatness
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Fish Morsel Take
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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End Lasts Particular
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Fat House Keeper

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]

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