The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERTWhether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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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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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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The offender never pardons.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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