Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
GEORGE HERBERTHee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
More George Herbert Quotes
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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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 hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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