He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
GEORGE HERBERTSkill and confidence are an unconquered army.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
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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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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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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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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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