The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERTWho shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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The life of man is a winter way.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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