The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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The eye will have his part.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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