God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
GEORGE HERBERTSundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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A little labour, much health.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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