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.
GEORGE HERBERTDrink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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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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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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