With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
GEORGE HERBERTA discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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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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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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