Every one fastens where there is gaine.
GEORGE HERBERTFrenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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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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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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