No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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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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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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