Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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More George Herbert Quotes
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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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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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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