Where there is peace, God is.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
More George Herbert Quotes
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An ill deed cannot bring honor.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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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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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The offender never pardons.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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