A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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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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Weening is not measure.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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