Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERTIn good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Weening is not measure.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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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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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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