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?
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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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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