Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is better to have wings then hornes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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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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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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