Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTThe miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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The offender never pardons.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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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 is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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