Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
GEORGE HERBERTLove without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
More George Herbert Quotes
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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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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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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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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Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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