You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Weening is not measure.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Where there is peace, God is.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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