Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERTHeresie is the school of pride.
More George Herbert Quotes
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All that shakes falles not.
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The offender never pardons.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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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 child correct behind and not before.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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A little labour, much health.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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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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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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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 is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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