A penny spar’d is twice got.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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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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The eye will have his part.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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