Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that goeth farre hath many encounters.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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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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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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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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