Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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The eye will have his part.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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