In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
GEORGE HERBERTOf all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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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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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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When 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.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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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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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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