There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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