Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERTAll that shakes falles not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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