If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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