He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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No Alchymy to saving.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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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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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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