Every one fastens where there is gaine.
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
More George Herbert Quotes
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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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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