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 HERBERTThe Mr. absent, and the house dead.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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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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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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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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Weening is not measure.
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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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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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