The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is better to have wings then hornes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Never was strumpet faire.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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