True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
GEORGE HERBERTCall me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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