A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
GEORGE HERBERTReason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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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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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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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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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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