The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERTGood and quickly seldom meet.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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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 feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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