When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
GEORGE HERBERTMany, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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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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All that shakes falles not.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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