By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
GEORGE HERBERTDally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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