Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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