To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
GEORGE HERBERTSlander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye will have his part.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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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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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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