He that burnes most shines most.
GEORGE HERBERTEnvy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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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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The wife is the key of the house.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The offender never pardons.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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