Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERTWho praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Prettiness dies first.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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