He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTBetter suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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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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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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