God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
GEORGE HERBERTEnvy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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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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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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