Better never begin than never make an end.
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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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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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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Never was strumpet faire.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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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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