To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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