Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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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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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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