Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The eye will have his part.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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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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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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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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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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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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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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