Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTA good pay-master starts not at assurances.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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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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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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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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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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The offender never pardons.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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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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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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