He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
GEORGE HERBERTWe do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
More George Herbert Quotes
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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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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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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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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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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