He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Prettiness dies first.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Weening is not measure.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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