Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
GEORGE HERBERTThe wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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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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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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The way is an ill neighbour.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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