Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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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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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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