Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
GEORGE HERBERTWee know not who lives or dies.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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