The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
GEORGE HERBERTReason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Prettiness dies first.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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He that staies does the businesse.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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