He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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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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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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A little labour, much health.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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