Wee know not who lives or dies.
GEORGE HERBERTThou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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The offender never pardons.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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