To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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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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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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