The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTOnly a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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