"Trust not one night's ice."
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"Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders."
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"Some evils are cured by contempt."
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"The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick."
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"The first and last frosts are the worst."
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"Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee."
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"He that knows nothing doubts nothing."
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"Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring."
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"The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience."
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"The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken."
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"Punishment is lame, but it comes."
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"Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them."
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"There would be no great ones, if there were no little ones."
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"He hath no leisure who useth it not."
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"The science of the modern school ... is in effect ... the acquisition of imperfectly analyzed misstatements about entrails, elements, and electricity."
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"Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And on its material side, a modern Utopia must needs present these gifts as taken."
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"In solitude, be a multitude to thyself."
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"A garden must be looked unto and dressed as the body."
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"The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it."
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"The lion is not so fierce as they paint him."
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