If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhen you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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