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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.

George Herbert

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Lying Reason Spurs
A child correct behind and not before.
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Behind Children Correct
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Horse Long Race
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Broken Ill Look Ustom
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Good Hard Newes
Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Angel Sunday Think
It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Catch Fish Good Net
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Beauty Husband Lover Poor
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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King Void Years
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Honest Thieves Thunder
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Lying Perish Trust
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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Deeds Wise
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Beauty Flame Light
He that staies does the businesse.
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Busines Gather People Staiies
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Men Miserable Pennies
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Money Mony Women
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Dry Slander Tempest
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Burden Know Understand Weight
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Fasten Gaine People
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Deception Feet Physicians
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Bees Found Rivers
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Need Patience Speak
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Compromise Fat Lawsuit
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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All Good Mora Sure
The offender never pardons.
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Forgiveness Literature Pardon
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave

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