God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
GEORGE HERBERTHee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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