He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERTWe do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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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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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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