That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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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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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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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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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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