To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A child correct behind and not before.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Weening is not measure.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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