To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERTIt is better to have wings then hornes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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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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Weening is not measure.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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All that shakes falles not.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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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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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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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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