It is better to have wings then hornes.
GEORGE HERBERTA little labour, much health.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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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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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Music helps not the toothache.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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