In a long journey straw waighs.
GEORGE HERBERTTo seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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