"A piece of a Churchyard fits everybody."
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"Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go."
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"Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching."
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"All truths are not to be told."
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"I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it."
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"A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears."
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"To a boiling pot flies come not."
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"God sends a curst cow short horns."
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"A woman conceales what shee knowes not."
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"A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose."
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"A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master."
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"A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent."
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"A trade is better then service."
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"A snow yeare, a rich yeare."
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"A small heart hath small desires."
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"A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another."
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"A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child."
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"A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands."
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"A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold."
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"A pittifull mother makes a scald head."
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