When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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