Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
GEORGE HERBERTBrabling Curres never want torne eares.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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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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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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