With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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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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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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