Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERTThe life of spies is to know, not bee known.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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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?
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Prettiness dies first.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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