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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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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The offender never pardons.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Prettiness dies first.
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