"Would you know what money is, go borrow some."
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"By doing nothing we learne to do ill."
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"If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis."
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"Feare nothing but sinne."
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"Life without a friend is death without a witnesse. [Life without a friend is death without a witness.]"
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"He who has the pepper may season as he lists."
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"The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst."
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"I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my neighbour white."
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"He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books)."
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"Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head."
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"Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea."
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"All things require skill but an appetite."
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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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"Without businesse debauchery."
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"Good & quickly seldome meete."
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"In every Art it is good to have a master. [In every art it is good to have a master.]"
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"Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand."
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"To the counsel of fools a wooden bell."
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"Every thing new is fine."
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"A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt."
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