He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
More George Herbert Quotes
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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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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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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