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.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that chastens one, chastens 20.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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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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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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