A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The eye will have his part.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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