He that staies does the businesse.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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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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Weening is not measure.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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