The scalded head feares cold water.
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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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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All that shakes falles not.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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