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.]
GEORGE HERBERTWee know not who lives or dies.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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