Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
More George Herbert Quotes
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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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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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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