He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
GEORGE HERBERTIn a long journey straw waighs.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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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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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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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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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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Weening is not measure.
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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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Never was strumpet faire.
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