Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
GEORGE HERBERTThe reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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