The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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