Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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