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It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.