Conversation makes one what he is.
GEORGE HERBERTWee know not who lives or dies.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
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