The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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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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An old dog barks not in vain.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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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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