It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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More George Herbert Quotes
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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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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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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All that shakes falles not.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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