Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
GEORGE HERBERTSink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wife is the key of the house.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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The eye will have his part.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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All that shakes falles not.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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