Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTThou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
More George Herbert Quotes
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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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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An old dog barks not in vain.
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Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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A little labour, much health.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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