The life of man is a winter way.
GEORGE HERBERTThe life of spies is to know, not bee known.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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