"Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health."
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"Prettiness dies first."
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"Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]"
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"Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby."
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"Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe."
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"An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]"
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"You must lose a fly to catch a trout."
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"If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints."
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"Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief."
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"A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt."
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"The offender never pardons."
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"A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning."
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"An old dog barks not in vain."
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"Woe to the house where there is no chiding."
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"Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death."
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"A woman and a glasse are ever in danger. [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]"
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"Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter."
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"I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why. [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]"
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"His bark is worse than his bite."
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"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."
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