Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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The eye will have his part.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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