We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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All that shakes falles not.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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A little labour, much health.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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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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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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