Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
GEORGE HERBERTA fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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