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 HERBERTWhen 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.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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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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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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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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