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.
GEORGE HERBERTPrettiness dies first.
More George Herbert Quotes
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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It is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
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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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Prettiness dies first.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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