Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
GEORGE HERBERTFrance is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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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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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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No Alchymy to saving.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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