The way is an ill neighbour.
GEORGE HERBERTA child correct behind and not before.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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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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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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