Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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