Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cholerick man never wants woe.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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