The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Thou 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.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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