He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
GEORGE HERBERTI envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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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 tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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