Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERTWe live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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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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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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