To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
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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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Weening is not measure.
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All that shakes falles not.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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