Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTWho shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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