Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that comes of a hen must scrape.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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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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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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