Quotes from Jacula Prudentum — George Herbert
1593–1633 England
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Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Be not a baker if your head be of butter.
All things require skill but an appetite.
To a crazy ship all windes are contrary.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.
The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.
The smith and his penny both are black.
523. A fool may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
737. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children.
901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
601. The fatt man knoweth not what the leane thinketh.
878. It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
763. Better speake truth rudely then lye covertly.
756. Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Would you know what mony is, go borrow some.
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