The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTA discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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A child correct behind and not before.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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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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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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All that shakes falles not.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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