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A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
