A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
GEORGE HERBERTWe live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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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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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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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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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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