The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye will have his part.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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