The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTThey that are booted are not alwaies ready.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Weening is not measure.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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