A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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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Conversation makes one what he is.
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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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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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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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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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