The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that is angry at a feast is rude.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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