Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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