To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERTNone knows the weight of another’s burden.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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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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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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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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