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“562. When the tree is fallen all goe with their hatchet.”

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“901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.”

This is printed in some editions as: Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
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“314. The absent partie is still faultie.”

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“74. Hearken to Reason, or shee will bee heard.”

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“649. A beane in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.”

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“310. Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.”

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“850. He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.”

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“502. A penny spar'd is twice got.”

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“775. A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.”

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“241. An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.”

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“196. Hee that lookes not before finds himself behind.”

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“1011. The eye is bigger then the belly.”

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“906. Silkes and satins put out the fire in the chimney.”

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“[ What one day gives us another takes away from us. ]”

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“A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two.”

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“876. One houre's sleepe before midnight is worth three after.”

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