You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
GEORGE HERBERTBeing on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Weening is not measure.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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