He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERTWho shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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