Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
GEORGE HERBERTEveryone puts his fault on the Times.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Prettiness dies first.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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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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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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