To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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