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 HERBERTEveryone puts his fault on the Times.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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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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The offender never pardons.
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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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The way is an ill neighbour.
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