He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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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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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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