The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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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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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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