Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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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 eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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All that shakes falles not.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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