Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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