The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Mr. absent, and the house dead.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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