In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
GEORGE HERBERTThey that are booted are not alwaies ready.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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