In a long journey straw waighs.
GEORGE HERBERTBy all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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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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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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