He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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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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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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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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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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