To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s not good fishing before the net.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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