The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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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No Alchymy to saving.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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The eye will have his part.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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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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