The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
GEORGE HERBERTTo fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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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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Weening is not measure.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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