Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERTWho praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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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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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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The offender never pardons.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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