The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
GEORGE HERBERTWe live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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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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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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