Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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