The eye will have his part.
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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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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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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