The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTA fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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