To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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All that shakes falles not.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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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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No Alchymy to saving.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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