All our pompe the earth covers.
GEORGE HERBERTYou cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Weening is not measure.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The eye will have his part.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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