The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
GEORGE HERBERTNo Alchymy to saving.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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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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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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