The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is better to have wings then hornes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Weening is not measure.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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