Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
More George Herbert Quotes
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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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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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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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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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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