Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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