Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that brings good newes knockes hard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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The eye will have his part.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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