Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Weening is not measure.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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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 Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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