Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTHelpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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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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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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