Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
GEORGE HERBERTThere are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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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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Conversation makes one what he is.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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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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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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