Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTEvery one is witty for his owne purpose.
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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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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