He that staies does the businesse.
GEORGE HERBERTA penny spar’d is twice got.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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 dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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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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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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