He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
GEORGE HERBERTSlander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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The eye will have his part.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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