Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
GEORGE HERBERTAnothers bread costs deare.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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