Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERTIn a long journey straw waighs.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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A little labour, much health.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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