He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
GEORGE HERBERTThe tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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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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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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