In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
GEORGE HERBERTSlander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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