A penny spar’d is twice got.
GEORGE HERBERTI was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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