In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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