He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTIf folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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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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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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