If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERTAll that shakes falles not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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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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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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