In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
GEORGE HERBERTGood swimmers at length are drowned.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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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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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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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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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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