He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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