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.
GEORGE HERBERTThe offender never pardons.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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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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