The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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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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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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