To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The offender never pardons.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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