Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERTA married man turns his staffe into a stake.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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A little labour, much health.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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