"The fault of the horse is put on the saddle."
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"The fault is as great as hee that is faulty."
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"The eye will have his part."
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"The eye is bigger then the belly. [The eye is bigger than the belly.]"
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"The eye and Religion can beare no jesting."
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"The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost."
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"The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]"
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"The effect speakes, the tongue needes not. [The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.]"
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"The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]"
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"The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it."
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"The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God."
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"This world is nothing except it tend to another."
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"They that know one another salute a farre off."
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"They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God)."
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"They that are booted are not alwaies ready."
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"They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes."
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"They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen."
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"There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering."
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"There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken."
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"There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse."
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