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.]
GEORGE HERBERTWho eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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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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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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