Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTPraise the Sea, but keepe on land.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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