Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter never begin than never make an end.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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The eye will have his part.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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