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294. A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink. (Thomas Fuller (writer))
3655. None knows the Weight of another's Burthen. View quote
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4693. The older a Fool is, the worse he is. View quote
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4545. The Fox may grow grey, but never good. View quote
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613. An Hour may destroy what an Age was a building. View quote
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4070. Sauce for a Goose, is Sauce for a Gander. View quote
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4853. The Wrath of Brothers, is fierce and devilish. View quote
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2763. Avoid Men that are Hot and Quarrelsome; they will affront thee for nothing, and urge Things beyond Reason and Measure. They will bring thee into Troubles, which thou wilt not easily get out of. Keeping Company with such is living with Wolves, Bears, and Tygers. View quote
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3270. Long life hath long Misery. View quote
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241. A light Purse makes a heavy Heart. View quote
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892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy. (Thomas Fuller (writer))
4374. That War only is just, which is necessary. View quote
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977. Beware of no Man more than thy self. View quote
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2248. He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself. View quote
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2683. Have a Care of him that is slow to anger, for like as green Wood which is long in kindling, continueth hot longer than the dry, if it have once taken Fire : So that Man, who is not easily moved is more hard to be pacify'd, than he that is quickly provoked. View quote
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3461. More than enough is too much. View quote
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3403. Men seek less to be instructed than applauded. View quote
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6384. He that would please all, and himself too, Undertakes what none could ever do. View quote
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2762. In Matters of Slander, thou oughtest to suspend thy Judgment, and examine the Thing; and not, as the common Custom is, persuade thyself, that common Report is sufficient warrant for the Truth of the Matters. Popular Opinion is the greatest Lie in the World. View quote
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4389. That, which you sow, you must reap. View quote
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2454. If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool. (Thomas Fuller (writer))
1688. God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks. View quote
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2915. Suffer a Friend to reprove thee, and thank him heartily for it : 'Tis a Happiness for a Man that he can be reproved when he does amiss, and be recalled when he runs wrong. Princes are deprived of that Benefit : for they converse familiarly but with very few Persons, and those make it their only Business to humour them. View quote
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3387. Men apt to promise, are apt to forget. View quote
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1134. Comparisons are odious. View quote
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