Conversation makes one what he is.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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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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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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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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