"To a greedy eating horse a short halter."
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"To a great night, a great Lanthorne."
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"To a gratefull man give mony when he askes."
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"To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule."
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"To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe."
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"To a child all weather is cold."
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"Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so."
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"Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one."
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"Three women make a market."
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"Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe. [Three helping one another, bear the burden of six.]"
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"Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard."
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"Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still."
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"Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then."
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"Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe."
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"Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings."
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"Though old and wise, yet still advise."
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"Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience."
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"Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]"
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"Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers."
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"Thornes whiten yet doe nothing."
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