Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTGood and quickly seldom meet.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Weening is not measure.
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