An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
GEORGE HERBERTThe life of spies is to know, not bee known.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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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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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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All that shakes falles not.
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