What one relishes, nourishes.
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Don't think to hunt two Hares with one Dog.
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Never spare the parson's wine, nor the baker's pudding.
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Laws like to cobwebs, catch small flies; Great ones break through before your eyes.
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Drink water, put the money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punchbowl.
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Necessity has no law; I know some attorneys of the same.
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By diligence and patience, the Mouse bit in two the Cable.
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A great Talker may be no Fool, but he is one that relies on him.
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When Reason preaches, if you don't hear her she'll box your Ears.
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If man could have Half his Wishes, he would double his Troubles.
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The Good-will of the Govern'd will be starved, if not fed by the good deeds of the Governors.
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Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance.
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If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, gentle Words and useful Deeds.
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Sudden Pow'r is apt to be insolent, Sudden Liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually.
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Many have quarrel'd about Religion, that never practiced it.
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Fools multiply folly.
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Onions can make ev'n heirs and widows weep.
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Children and Princes will quarrel for Trifles.
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From bad health, bad Consience, & Parties' dull strife From an insolent Friend, & a termagant Wife, From the Kindred of such (on one Sideor t'other) Who most wisely delight in plaguing each other; From the Wretch who can cant, while he Mischief designs, From old rotten Mills, bank'd Meadows & Mines; From Curses like these if kind Heav'n defends me, I'll never complain of the Fortune it sends me.
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Philosophy as well as Foppery often changes Fashion.
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It is better to take many injuries, than to give one.
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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
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Here comes the orator, with his flood of words, and his drop of reason.
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If what most men admire they would despise, ‘Twould look as if mankind were growing wise
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