'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law