True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERTA lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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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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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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