While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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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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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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