True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERTConversation makes one what he is.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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A little labour, much health.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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All that shakes falles not.
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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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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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