A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERTGood workemen are seldome rich.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The offender never pardons.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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