True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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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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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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