Conversation makes one what he is.
GEORGE HERBERTCall me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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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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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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