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.
GEORGE HERBERTWeening is not measure.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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