The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
GEORGE HERBERTNone knows the weight of another’s burden.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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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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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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The eye will have his part.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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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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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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