With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Weening is not measure.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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