The life of man is a winter way.
GEORGE HERBERTHe is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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