Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERTEstate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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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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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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