A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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He that staies does the businesse.
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Prettiness dies first.
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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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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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