The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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