To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
GEORGE HERBERTGod, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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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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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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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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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
GEORGE HERBERT







