A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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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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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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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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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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Never was strumpet faire.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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