He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
More George Herbert Quotes
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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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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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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