A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
GEORGE HERBERTA feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
More George Herbert Quotes
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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