Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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More George Herbert Quotes
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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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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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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The eye will have his part.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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