The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen war begins, then hell openeth.
More George Herbert Quotes
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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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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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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