Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTGossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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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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A little labour, much health.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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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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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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