The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERTSumme up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
More George Herbert Quotes
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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