He that staies does the businesse.
GEORGE HERBERTA feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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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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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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