A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
GEORGE HERBERTThey that are booted are not alwaies ready.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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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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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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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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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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