I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
More George Herbert Quotes
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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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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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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