Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
GEORGE HERBERTThe offender never pardons.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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