The scalded head feares cold water.
GEORGE HERBERTGood swimmers at length are drowned.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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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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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Prettiness dies first.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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