Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTOf the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Prettiness dies first.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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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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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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