Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERTThe worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Prettiness dies first.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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