We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
More George Herbert Quotes
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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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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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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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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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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