He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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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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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Weening is not measure.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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