He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTI envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Prettiness dies first.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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All that shakes falles not.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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