"In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]"
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"In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before."
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"Though punishment be slow, still it comes."
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"In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.]"
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"In sports and journeys men are knowne. [In sports and journeys men are known.]"
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"In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne."
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"In every country dogges bite."
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"In every countrey the sun rises in the morning. [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]"
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"In doing we learne. [In doing we learn.]"
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"In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love."
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"In a retreat the lame are formost. [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]"
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"In a Leopard the spotts are not observed."
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"In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned."
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"In a good house all is quickly ready."
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"Ill vessels seldome miscarry."
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"Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire."
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"Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest."
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"Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles."
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"Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends."
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"Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying. [Labor as long-lived, pray as ever dying.]"
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