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?
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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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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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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A little labour, much health.
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