Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
GEORGE HERBERTWho shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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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 plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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