Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERTGreat Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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The offender never pardons.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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