To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERTShall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
More George Herbert Quotes
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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