He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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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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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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