Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Mr. absent, and the house dead.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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