Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
GEORGE HERBERTThe tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Weening is not measure.
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