Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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