God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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The offender never pardons.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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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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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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