The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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A little labour, much health.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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