He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERTIn the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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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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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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