It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cholerick man never wants woe.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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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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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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