Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
GEORGE HERBERTLawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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