A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
GEORGE HERBERTAn old dog barks not in vain.
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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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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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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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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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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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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