There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTLight burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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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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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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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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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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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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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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