Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERTShall 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?
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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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Weening is not measure.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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