The offender never pardons.
GEORGE HERBERTPraise the Sea, but keepe on land.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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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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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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