The cholerick man never wants woe.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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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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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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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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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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