Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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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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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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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 way is an ill neighbour.
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