When war begins, then hell openeth.
GEORGE HERBERTI envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
More George Herbert Quotes
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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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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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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