"A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]"
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George Herbert quotes (page 50 of 64)
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"A child correct behind and not before."
"A Caske and an ill custome must be broken."
"A blustering night, a faire day. [A blustering night, a fair day.]"
"A bad dog never sees the Wolfe."
"The longest Day hath an Eueninge."
"Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?"
"The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet."
"Man is all symmetry Full of proportions, one limb to another, And all to all the world besides; Each part may call the farthest, brother; For head with foot hath private amity And both with moons and tides."
"He that hopes not for good, feares not evill."
"He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time."
"He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth."
"He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse."
"He that hath little is the lesse durtie."
"He that hath lands hath quarrells."
"He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head."
"He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]"
"He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer."
"He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood."
"He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not. [He that doth what he should not shall feel what he would not.]"