He that staies does the businesse.
GEORGE HERBERTIn a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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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 feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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