When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTEveryone puts his fault on the Times.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Weening is not measure.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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