A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
GEORGE HERBERTWhile the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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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 Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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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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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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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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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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