That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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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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He that staies does the businesse.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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