The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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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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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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