When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
More George Herbert Quotes
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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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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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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