There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a greedy eating horse a short halter.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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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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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Prettiness dies first.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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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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A child correct behind and not before.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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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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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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