Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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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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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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