He that is angry at a feast is rude.
GEORGE HERBERTHe is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
More George Herbert Quotes
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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