Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTGiving is dead, restoring very sicke.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that burnes most shines most.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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The offender never pardons.
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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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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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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Weening is not measure.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Never was strumpet faire.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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