Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye will have his part.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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