The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTWho praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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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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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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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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The offender never pardons.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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