Better never begin than never make an end.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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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 burnes most shines most.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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