Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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