A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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