Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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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In a long journey straw waighs.
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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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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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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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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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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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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Weening is not measure.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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A little labour, much health.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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