Good words are worth much, and cost little.
GEORGE HERBERTWe live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
More George Herbert Quotes
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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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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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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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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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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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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