Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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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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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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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Prettiness dies first.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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A little labour, much health.
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