Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s not good fishing before the net.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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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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He that staies does the businesse.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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