To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
GEORGE HERBERTDrink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
More George Herbert Quotes
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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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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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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