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.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that staies does the businesse.
More George Herbert Quotes
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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