You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen war begins, then hell openeth.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Summe 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.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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