He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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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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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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