Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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