Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
GEORGE HERBERTNo profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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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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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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