Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
GEORGE HERBERTReady mony is a ready Medicine.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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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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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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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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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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