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• The better day, the better deed. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act iii, Sc. 1
• A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act i, Sc.
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• Hold their noses to the grindstone. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Blurt, Master-Constable, Act iii, Sc.
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• I smell a rat. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Blurt, Master-Constable, Act iii, Sc. 3
• T is a stinger. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- More Dissemblers besides Women, Act iii, Sc.
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• Turn over a new leaf. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Anything for a Quiet Life, Act iii, Sc.
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• The worst is not So long as we can say, "This is the worst.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• All is not gold that glisteneth. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- A Fair Quarrel, Act v, Sc. 1
• As the case stands. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Old Law, Act ii, Sc. 1