He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
GEORGE HERBERTHee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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