Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTChuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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The eye will have his part.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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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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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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