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.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that brings good newes knockes hard.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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The eye will have his part.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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