It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
GEORGE HERBERTIn a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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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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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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