When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is better to have wings then hornes.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Weening is not measure.
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