He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
More George Herbert Quotes
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Weening is not measure.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The eye will have his part.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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