Prettiness dies first.
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye will have his part.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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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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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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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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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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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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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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