In a long journey straw waighs.
GEORGE HERBERTEvery one fastens where there is gaine.
More George Herbert Quotes
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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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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