Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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