An ill deed cannot bring honor.
GEORGE HERBERTThe wife is the key of the house.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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