He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
GEORGE HERBERTIn the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Prettiness dies first.
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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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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