It is better to have wings then hornes.
GEORGE HERBERTLittle pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Weening is not measure.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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