Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhen a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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The offender never pardons.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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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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