Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
GEORGE HERBERTThe reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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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 life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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