Better never begin than never make an end.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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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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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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The eye will have his part.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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