Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that staies does the businesse.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Prettiness dies first.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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