It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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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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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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