He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Mr. absent, and the house dead.
More George Herbert Quotes
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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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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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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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.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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