Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen war begins, then hell openeth.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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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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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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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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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Weening is not measure.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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