He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTCall me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
More George Herbert Quotes
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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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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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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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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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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