There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
GEORGE HERBERTGod is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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