Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTTo gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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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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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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