By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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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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Better never begin than never make an end.
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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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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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