In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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