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Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother.
Proverbs (1546)
For whan I gaue you an ynche, ye tooke an ell.
Proverbs (1546)
Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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Yee have many strings to your bowe.
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Children and fooles can not ly.
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A man maie well bring a horse to the water,
but he can not make him drinke without he will.
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An ill wind that bloweth no man good—
The blower of which blast is she.
Went in at the one eare and out at the other.
Weddyng is desteny,
And hangyng likewise.
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Time trieth troth in every doubt.
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A woman has nine lives like a cat.
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And also I shall to reueng former hurtis,
Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.
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Than farewell riches, the fat is in the fire,
And neuer shall I to like riches aspire.
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Throw no gyft agayne at the geuers head,
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,
With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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It is better to be
An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
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He that will not whan he may,
Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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Though ye loue not to bye the pyg in the poke,
Yet snatche ye at the poke, that the pyg is in,
Not for the poke, but the pyg good chepe to wyn.
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The wise man sayth, store is no sore.
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One good turne asketh another.
Proverbs (1546)