Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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