To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
GEORGE HERBERTThey that are booted are not alwaies ready.
More George Herbert Quotes
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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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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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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