When war begins, then hell openeth.
GEORGE HERBERTIn thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Never was strumpet faire.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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