In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
GEORGE HERBERTEvery one fastens where there is gaine.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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