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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.