Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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