Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERTAn upbraided morsell never choaked any.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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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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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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