The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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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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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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