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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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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