He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that brings good newes knockes hard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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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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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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