He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTWho would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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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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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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