An ill deed cannot bring honor.
GEORGE HERBERTTo take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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