He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Prettiness dies first.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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