That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
GEORGE HERBERTWho eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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