If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe wife is the key of the house.
More George Herbert Quotes
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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