Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that staies does the businesse.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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A little labour, much health.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
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