There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTAnothers bread costs deare.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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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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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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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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