Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a greedy eating horse a short halter.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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