The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTGood swimmers at length are drowned.
More George Herbert Quotes
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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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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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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