In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
GEORGE HERBERTIf folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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