The scalded head feares cold water.
GEORGE HERBERTOf a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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