A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERTA lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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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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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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The offender never pardons.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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