You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
GEORGE HERBERTGood words are worth much, and cost little.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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