Wee know not who lives or dies.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that burnes most shines most.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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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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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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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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Conversation makes one what he is.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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All that shakes falles not.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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