Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
GEORGE HERBERTThe dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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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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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Weening is not measure.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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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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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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