France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
GEORGE HERBERTBrabling Curres never want torne eares.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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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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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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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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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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The offender never pardons.
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