Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.


H. G. [Herbert George] Wells

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Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe. [Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.]
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Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
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A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast. [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
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Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. [He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
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A little and good fills the trencher.
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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A crooked log makes a strait fire [A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
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Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne. [The wolf must die in his own skin.]
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You cannot know wine by the barrell. [You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
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A trade is better then service.
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A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
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February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]
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For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
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Prosperity lets goe the bridle. [Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
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A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well. [A morning sun ...
GEORGE HERBERT
Stay a little and news will find you.
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Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart ...
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Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at th...
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in...
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.]
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Woe be to him that reads but one book.
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
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Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whate...
GEORGE HERBERT
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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None knows the weight of another's burden.
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War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
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Love and a cough cannot be hid.
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Life is half spent before we know what it is.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
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The offender never pardons.
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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
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He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever re...
GEORGE HERBERT
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
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Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
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