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.
GEORGE HERBERTOf a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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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 good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The eye will have his part.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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