Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
GEORGE HERBERTAll that shakes falles not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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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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Conversation makes one what he is.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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