The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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