Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
GEORGE HERBERTYou cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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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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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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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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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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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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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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