An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
GEORGE HERBERTAn old dog barks not in vain.
More George Herbert Quotes
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All that shakes falles not.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The eye will have his part.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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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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