Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Prettiness dies first.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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