The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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