Quotes from Jacula Prudentum — George Herbert
1593–1633 England
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When a dog is a-drowning every one offers him drink.
Love your neighbor, yet pull not downe your hedge.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
In the kingdome of blind men the one-ey'd is king.
Old wine and an old friend are good provisions.
God heales, and the physitian hath the thankes.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat ; and hee that hath one sonne makes him a foole.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
When you are an anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
A morning Sun, and a Wine-bred child, and a Latin-bred woman seldom end well.
No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
Marry your sonne when you will, your daughter when you can.
Leave jesting while it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Whose house is of glasse must not throw stones at another.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
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