The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTShips feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The offender never pardons.
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Prettiness dies first.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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