The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERTWeening is not measure.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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A little labour, much health.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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The offender never pardons.
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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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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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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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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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