Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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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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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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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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