Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTBy no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
More George Herbert Quotes
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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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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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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The offender never pardons.
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