It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Where there is peace, God is.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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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 wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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The eye will have his part.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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