The way is an ill neighbour.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cholerick man never wants woe.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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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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He that staies does the businesse.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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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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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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