A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen war begins, then hell openeth.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Prettiness dies first.
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The eye will have his part.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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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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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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