When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose 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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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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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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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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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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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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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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