A little labour, much health.
GEORGE HERBERTThe honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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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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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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