Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
GEORGE HERBERTThe devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
More George Herbert Quotes
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Prettiness dies first.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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