The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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More George Herbert Quotes
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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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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Prettiness dies first.
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The eye will have his part.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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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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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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