An old dog barks not in vain.
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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