Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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