The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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