He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTGood swimmers at length are drowned.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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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.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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