The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTTo gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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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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The offender never pardons.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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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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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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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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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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The eye will have his part.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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