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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to read more

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

by George Herbert Found in: Grief Quotes,
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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more

A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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