It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhere you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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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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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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