Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTGood words are worth much, and cost little.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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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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Where there is peace, God is.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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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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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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