It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.


George Herbert

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When you come right down to it, the ground you stand on is the ground you stand on.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not.
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Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne. [The wolf must die in his own skin.]
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Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.]
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