Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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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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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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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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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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A little labour, much health.
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Weening is not measure.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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