Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTWee know not who lives or dies.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Prettiness dies first.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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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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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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The wife is the key of the house.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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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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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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