Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
GEORGE HERBERTReligion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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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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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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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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