Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that burnes most shines most.
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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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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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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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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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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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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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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Anothers bread costs deare.
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