Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
GEORGE HERBERTA poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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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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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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