He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wife is the key of the house.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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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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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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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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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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