"If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe."
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"A shippe and a woman are ever repairing."
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"The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not."
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"To buy deare is not bounty."
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"Of a little thing a little displeaseth."
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"Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can."
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"To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise."
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"Beate the dog before the Lyon."
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"A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.]"
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"Send not a Catt for Lard."
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"The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe."
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"When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill."
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"But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no more essential permanence as a final expression of the human mind, than the Scottish Longer Catechism."
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"For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost."
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"One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after."
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"Gold opens all locks, no lock will hold against the power of gold."
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"In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone."
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"That is gold which is worth gold."
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"Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour."
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"He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins."
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