God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
More George Herbert Quotes
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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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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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Thou 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.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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