When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTA married man turns his staffe into a stake.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Weening is not measure.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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