I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERTNo profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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