To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
GEORGE HERBERTEvery one is witty for his owne purpose.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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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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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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