The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
GEORGE HERBERTA poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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