By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
GEORGE HERBERTWhere you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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All that shakes falles not.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Weening is not measure.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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