Good workemen are seldome rich.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The offender never pardons.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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He that staies does the businesse.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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