It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a greedy eating horse a short halter.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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A little labour, much health.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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