He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
GEORGE HERBERTHe is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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