George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
