The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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