Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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A little labour, much health.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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