The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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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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A little labour, much health.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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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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Where there is peace, God is.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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