The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
GEORGE HERBERTGood swimmers at length are drowned.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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A child correct behind and not before.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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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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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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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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