A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
GEORGE HERBERTI was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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