Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
GEORGE HERBERTA Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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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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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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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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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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