The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
GEORGE HERBERTAll that shakes falles not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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