Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that chastens one, chastens 20.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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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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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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