The offender never pardons.
GEORGE HERBERTSum up at night what thou hast done by day.
More George Herbert Quotes
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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 dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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