Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERTA feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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