God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
GEORGE HERBERTBy the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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The offender never pardons.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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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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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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All that shakes falles not.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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