Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
GEORGE HERBERTWho eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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