Music helps not the toothache.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a greedy eating horse a short halter.
More George Herbert Quotes
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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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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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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