I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that brings good newes knockes hard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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 jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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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 Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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