Every one fastens where there is gaine.
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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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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Anothers bread costs deare.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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