He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTAn upbraided morsell never choaked any.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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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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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Weening is not measure.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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