He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter never begin than never make an end.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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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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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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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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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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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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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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