Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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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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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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